Toms River school architect pleads guilty

Patel admits fraud on tax

9:31 AM,
Feb. 27, 2013

Pravin H. Patel

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The engineer and architect for the Toms River Regional school district under convicted former superintendent Michael J. Ritacco pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to filing fraudulent tax returns on behalf of his firm from 2005 to 2009, according to U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman.

Pravin H. Patel, 67, of Toms River owned and operated Pravin H. Patel Associates Inc. for more than 25 years. The firm also did work for Ocean County College, in addition to the school district. Patel entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler in Newark.